Remco Evenepoel was launched from the hospital this weekend following surgical procedure to right a fractured collarbone sustained in a crash final Thursday on stage 4 Itzulia Basque Country.
His workforce, Soudal-QuickStep, launched a medical replace confirming that the surgical procedure was a hit.
“Following his crash on Thursday’s stage 4 of Itzulia Basque Country, Remco Evenepoel underwent surgical procedure on Saturday to the damaged collarbone that he sustained within the incident,” the workforce confirmed.
“The surgical procedure was carried out by Dr Steven Claes with out complication, and the Belgian Champion – a winner of 4 races this season – has been discharged to recuperate.”
Soudal-QuickStep haven’t confirmed the size of the restoration time or when Evenepoel will probably be cleared to return to coaching and competitors.
Evenepoel was concerned in a critical, high-speed crash that occurred on the descent off of stage 4’s Olaeta mountain, with about 36km to go within the race.
The crash affected no less than 10 riders, together with Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe), Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates).
Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed that Vingegaard suffered a damaged collarbone and a number of other ribs, whereas UAE Team Emirates confirmed that Vine fractured a number of vertebrae.
Soudal-Quickstep confirmed following the crash that Evenepoel had sustained a damaged collarbone and scapula.
Evenepoel launched a video message suggesting that his short-term objective, which was to compete on the Ardennes Classics, can be affected by his accidents.
However, he hoped that his long-term targets for occasions just like the Tour de France and Olympic Games, wouldn’t change.
“Obviously, my plans for the brief future will change,” mentioned Evenepoel in a video replace put out by the workforce on social media. ”But I hope and suppose my long-term targets won’t change. Everything must be happy with that.”
